338 48. POLTPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUlf. 



210. P. tenuisectum, Blume ; st. tufted, short, wiry, 1-2 in. 1., clothed with 

 soft spreading hairs ; Jr. 6-9 in. 1., l|-2 in. br. ; pinnce close, 2 lin. br., cut down 

 to a narrow rachis into linear very regular erecto-patent lobes ; textwre sub- 

 coriaceous ; rachis erect, straight, villose ; "both sides naked ; minlets simple, 

 immersed, 1 to each lobe ; sori much broader than the lobes, placed at their base. 

 —Hk. Sp. 4, p. 227. (m part). 



Hab. Java. 



211. P. myriophyllvm, Mett. ; si. flexuose, wiry, 4-6 in. 1., densely clothed with 

 long soft spreading brown hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, 1 ft. 1., 3 in. br. ; pinnce 

 close, flexuose, J in. br., cut down to a narrow rachis into linear-subulate lobes, 

 the lower ones distant and shorter ; textUire subcoriaceous ; rachis and under side 

 slightly villose ; minlets simple, immersed, 1 to each lobe ; sori broader than the 

 lobes, placed at their base. P. tenuisectum, Hk. Sp. i-p. 227. (.in part). 2nd 

 Cent. t. 21. 



Hab. Peru, Lechler, 2567. — ^Very near the last, but different in habit, with the lobes 

 of the pinnae twice as long and not nearly so close and regular. 



212. P. achillewfoUum, Kaulf. ; st. tufted, wiry, 1 in. or less 1., clothed with 

 short soft spreading hairs ;/n 4-6 in. 1., 1-1| in. br., oblong-lanceolate; pinnce 

 close, erecto-patent, deeply pinnatifid with linear lobes, lower pinnee gradually 

 reduced ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and under surface slightly villose ; veinkts 

 immersed, forked, 1 to each lobe ; sori copious. — Jlk. Sp, 4. p. 225. 



Hab. Ecuador and Brazil. 



213. P. longisetosum, Hk. ; st. 2-3 in. 1., slender, deciduously villose ; fr. 

 flaccid, pendent, 6-8 in. 1., 2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, the pinnce close, erecto- 

 patent, linear, about 1 in. 1., 2 lin. br., deeply pinnatifid, with blunt rounded 

 lobes, the base decurrent ; textwre papyraceo-herbaceous ; both ddes and rachis 

 thinly clothed with long spreading hairs ; veinlets simple, one to each lobe ; sori 

 copious.— -ift. Sp. 4. p. 225. t. 278. A. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson, 97. 



214. P. funicwlwrn. Fee ; rhizome wide-creeping, wiry, slender, naked ; st. 

 tufted, 1-2 in. 1., wiry, naked ; Jr. 3-5 in. 1., 11-2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate ; 

 pinnw J in, br., deeply pinnatifid, with blunt oblong lobes, the lowest very 

 small ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets 

 simple, 1 to each lobe ; sori small, yellowish. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 226. 



Hab. Cuba, Linden, Wright. 



216. P. gracile, Hk. ; st. 3-4 in. 1., tufted, slender, wiry, naked ; fr. flaccid, 

 pendent, 6-0 in. 1., ^-1 in. br. ; pinnce distinct, \-\ in. 1., 1 lin. or rather more 

 br., deeply pinnatifid, with broad blunt lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and 

 both sides naked ; veins immersed, obscure ; sori 1 to each lobe. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 j». 224. Hk. d Gr. t. 222. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Cruchhcmles. 



216. ¥._ tamariscinum, Kaulf.; rhizome stout, creeping, scaly; «*. 2-3 in. 1., 

 naked, wiry, flexuose ; fr. 4-8 in. 1., lJ-3 in. br., ovate-lanceolate ; pinnce close, 

 erecto-patent, ^-f in. br., cut down to the rachis into simple or forked linear or 

 oblong lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; both surfaces naked ; veinlets 1 to each 

 lobe ; sori copious, placed near the apex of the lohes.—Hk. Sp. 4. p. 228. 

 Adenophorus, Hk. S Gr. Ic. 1. 175. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Tahiti, Malay Isles.— j1. iripinnalifidus, Gaud., is a form with 



